It was all way more interesting when we were being led to believe him and Vanessa had some sort of supernatural bond, being reincarnations of ancient evil entities
Remember their first meeting
? The trance she was in? How they felt each other across the room time and time again throughout the season. How he would talk and she would seem almost hypnotized. The angsty break up. His first taste of rejection. Her relationship with sex. Now he seems like a prop and she doesn't even seem to remember him